Acting · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA · Born December 8, 1963
Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor portraying roles on both stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying the role of Detective Bunk Moreland in the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008. His other notable television roles include the trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme (2010–2013), James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018–2023), the attorney Robert Zane in Suits (2013–2019), and Clarence Thomas in Confirmation (2016). He earned Independent Spirit Awards nominations for his film roles in Four (2012) and Burning Cane (2019), on which he also served as a producer. Other notable film roles include Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Ray (2004), Selma (2014), The Gift (2015), and Clemency (2019). Pierce made his Broadway debut in John Pielmeier's 1985 play The Boys of Winter, followed by Caryl Churchill's Serious Money in 1988. As a theatrical producer, he earned a Tony Award for Best Play nomination for August Wilson's Radio Golf (2007), then won for Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park (2012). He performed the lead role of Willy Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman on the West End in London in 2019 and on Broadway in New York in 2022, for which he earned Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieThey Fight
2026
as Slim
MovieTom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
2026
as James Greer
TVThe American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
MovieHighest 2 Lowest
2025
as Gabe
MovieSuperman
2025
as Perry White
MovieThunderbolts*
2025
as Congressman Gary
TVElsbeth
2024
as C.W. Wagner
MovieBecoming Frederick Douglass
2022
as Frederick Douglass (voice)
TVSherri
2022
as Self - Guest
TVBe My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
as Self - Guest
MovieDon't Hang Up
2022
as Chris Daniels
TVThe Watch
2021
as Death (voice)
MovieBetween the World and Me
2020
as Self
MovieClemency
2019
as Jonathan Williams
TVHarley Quinn
2019
as Lex Luthor (voice)
TVTamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieBurning Cane
2019
as Reverend Tillman
MoviePiercing
2019
as The Doctor
Movie27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon
2018
as Narrator (voice)
TVTom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as James Greer
MovieOne Last Thing
2018
as Dylan
TVUnsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
2018
as Detective Lee Tucker
MovieRodents of Unusual Size
2017
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Forever Tree
2017
as Doctor Willow
MovieBad Moms
2016
as Principal Daryl Burr
MovieConfirmation
2016
as Clarence Thomas
MovieGrease Live
2016
as Coach Calhoun
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
MovieThe Runner
2015
as Frank Legrand
MovieThe Gift
2015
as Detective Mills
MovieMary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band
2015
as Andy Kirk (voice)
TVThe Odd Couple
2015
as Teddy
MovieRunaway Hearts
2015
as Paul
MovieSelma
2014
as Rev. Hosea Williams
TVThe Night Shift
2014
as Walt
MovieElsa & Fred
2014
as Armande
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MovieForeclosure
2014
as Virgil
TVChicago P.D.
2014
as Ray Price
TVThe Michael J. Fox Show
2013
as Harris Green
MovieFour
2013
as Joe
TVRay Donovan
2013
as Ronald Keith
MovieMöbius
2013
as Bob
MovieParker
2013
as Carlson
MovieThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2012
as J. Jenks
MovieLay the Favorite
2012
as Dave the Rave
MovieHorrible Bosses
2011
as Detective Hagan
TVSuits
2011
as Robert Zane
MovieThe Mortician
2011
as Clinger
MovieA Plea for Modernism
2011
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNight Catches Us
2010
as David Gordon
MovieLove Ranch
2010
as Naasih Mohammed
MovieNew Orleans: A Living Museum of Music
2010
as Narrator (voice)
TVTreme
2010
as Antoine Batiste
MovieBeyond All Boundaries
2009
as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
TVArcher
2009
as Verl (voice)
TVDrop Dead Diva
2009
as Neal David
TVHawthorne
2009
as Dr. Michael Schilling
MovieSomething with Bite
2009
as Wilbur Orwell
TVFear Itself
2008
as Wiilbur Orwell
TVIn Plain Sight
2008
as Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris
MovieThe Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
MovieThe Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
Movie2000: Bunk and McNulty
2007
as Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
TVWomen's Murder Club
2007
MovieTapping the Wire
2007
as Self
MoviePariah
2007
as Arthur
MovieLife Support
2007
as Slick
MovieI Think I Love My Wife
2007
as Sean
TVTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Detective
TVWhen the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
as Self
MovieStay Alive
2006
as Detective Thibodeaux
TVClose to Home
2005
as Sam Carter
TVLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Richard Link
TVNumb3rs
2005
as William Bradford
MovieRay
2004
as Wilbur Brassfield
MovieLand of Plenty
2004
as Henry
MovieA Hole in One
2004
as Dan
MovieThe Fighting Temptations
2003
as Reverend Lewis
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
MovieBrown Sugar
2002
as Simon
TVThe Wire
2002
as Bunk Moreland
TVMy Wife and Kids
2001
as Dr. Boucher
MovieThe Gilded Six Bits
2001
as Otis D. Slimmons
TVThe Weber Show
2000
as Wendell Simms
TVGirlfriends
2000
as Anthony Jackson
TVGod, the Devil and Bob
2000
as Mike (voice)
TVThird Watch
1999
as Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Harry Benton
MovieAbilene
1999
as Reverend Tillis
MovieThe 24 Hour Woman
1999
as Roy Labelle
TVThe Brian Benben Show
1998
MovieBulworth
1998
as Fred
MovieThe Advocate's Devil
1997
as Justin
The Gregory Hines Show
1997
MovieSleepers
1996
as Little Caesar
MovieGet on the Bus
1996
as Wendell Perry
Moloney
1996
as Calvin Patterson
MovieNever Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
1996
as John Saunders
MovieWaiting to Exhale
1995
as Michael
TVNew York News
1995
MovieHackers
1995
as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
MovieBye Bye Love
1995
as Hector
TVNew York Undercover
1994
MovieIt Could Happen to You
1994
as Bo Williams
MovieStrapped
1993
as District Attorney
MovieManhattan Murder Mystery
1993
as Policeman
MovieMalcolm X
1992
as Ben Thomas
MovieUnnatural Pursuits
1992
as Cabbie
A Matter of Degrees
1991
as Wells Dennard
MovieA Rage in Harlem
1991
as Louis
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991
as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
The General Motors Playwrights Theater
1991
as Sergeant Kelly
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Roger Porter
TVCapital News
1990
as Conrad White
MovieFamily Business
1989
as Prosecutor
MovieCasualties of War
1989
as MacIntire
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Money Pit
1986
as Paramedic
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Dr. Wolff
King of the South
MovieThe Thrill Is On
as B.B. King
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
as Detective Marcus Hill
TVGreat Museums
